THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING UP ON "LOCAL 2" 5:00 AND 6:00. A DEVASTATED FAMILY IS HOPING SOMEONE WILL COME FORWARD AND HELP POLICE FIND THE MAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED THEIR LOVED ONE ON THE JOB. RAFAEL ALMONZO WAS WORKING SECURITY AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX SUNDAY WHEN HE WAS GUNNED DOWN. PHILLIP MENA SPOKE WITH ALMONZO'S WIFE, WHO SAID HE LOST HIS LIFE WHILE TRYING TO PROTECT OTHERS. Reporter: COLLEAGUES AT FIELD SECURITY ARE MOURNING THE DEATH OF A 23-YEAR-OLD SECURITY GUARD AND FATHER, WHO WAS SHOT SENSELESSLY, JUST DOING HIS JOB. HE WAS OUT WORKING, DOING HIS JOB. IT IS A SENSELESS KILLING. Reporter: COLLEAGUES SAY HE DIED A HERO. HE WAS RESPONDING TO A FIRE THAT WOULD HAVE SAVED MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES AND DID BY CALLING THAT FIRE IN. Reporter: POLICE SAY ARMONZO WAS WORKING SECURITY, WHEN HE WENT TO CHECK ON A FIRE THAT STARTED IN AN ABANDONED UNIT. THAT IS WHEN HE SAW TWO OR THREE MEN WHO LOOKED SUSPICIOUS. HE STOPPED TO DETAIN THEM. PULLED HIS HANDCUFFS OUT. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD. HE LATER DIED AT BEN TAUB HOSPITAL, LEAVING BEHIND A WIFE AND 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. JUST TOOK HIM FROM US. Reporter: THE FAMILY IS PROUD OF RAFAEL'S BRAVERY. THAT WAS THE TYPE OF PERSON HE WAS. HE WOULD PUT EVERYBODY ELSE'S SAFETY IN FRONT OF HIS. HE CARED SO MUCH ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. Reporter: NOW THEY ARE HOPING SOMEONE WILL COME FORWARD AND HELP POLICE CATCH RAFAEL'S KILLERS. IT IS SAD. I CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEBODY CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT. THEY HAVE NO HEART. Reporter: RIGHT NOW POLICE DON'T HAVE MUCH TO GO ON AS FAR AS A SUSPECT DESCRIPTION. MEANWHILE GRIEF COUNSELORS WILL BE ON HAND AT SECURITY TO HELP HIS COLLEAGUES DEAL WITH RAFAEL'S LOSS. REPORTING IN WEST HOUSTON, PHILLIP MENA, KPRC "LOCAL 2". POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING BUT THEY SAY THEY BELIEVE THE MURDER AND THE FIRE ARE SOMEHOW RELATED.

HOUSTON -

Houston police are looking for the men who shot and killed a security guard in north Houston over the weekend.

It happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday at an apartment complex near Casa Grande and Buckle.

According to police, S.E.A.L. security guard Rafael Almanza was checking on a fire that started in an abandoned apartment. S.E.A.L. security officials said Almanza saw two or three men he thought looked suspicious and approached them.

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"He stopped to detain them," HPD Sgt. Mark Holbrook said. "At some point, he got his handcuffs out, the next thing you know he was shot in the head."

Almanza was taken to Ben Taub Hospital in critical condition and later died.

Police believe the murder and the fire are somehow linked.

"It's a total shock and an extremely difficult day," said James Alexander, Director of Operations for S.E.A.L. Security. "He [was] an excellent officer and took his job very seriously. He was just doing his job."

S.E.A.L. Security said the company has never had to deal with the loss of one of their officers.

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